Smelly people first thing in the morning making me cross

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I completely understand in the UK we are currently experiencing extremely high temperatures, however......

why is it so many people smell really strongly of B.O first thing in the morning? I was on the bus Saturday morning around 9am and their were one or two people who smelled really strongly, not just slightly. This morning I was in my local shop around 10am and the man in front of me smelled that strongly that when he left, the smell even lingered.

I can understand if it was towards the end of the day, then it would be more reasonable that people would have B.O. I am just really irritated how these people think it's acceptable that other people have to put up with their offensive smell.

Some people work nights so whilst tor you it’s first thing for them it’s home time and they have just finished their day.

This is why I shower every morning and evening. I can smell myself and if I’m stressed it’s even worse. God forbid I let DP smell me after coming home, I walk to and from work! Shower as soon as I’m up, bath as soon as I’m home. I’ve been like this my whole life thanks to mum who also has an innate fear of smelling, she’s the same as me and bathes twice a day. I don’t know how people aren’t the same. Can you not smell yourself?!?

Your clothes can’t last very long?

OMG yes, I remember that... 😂

I think people think that their clothes don’t smell (as they can’t smell themselves on them) so wear them again. Personally, I only wear tops once. I might get more than two wears out of shorts and jeans.

I think the longer cycles are gentler on clothes because they agitation less than in a faster wash.

Almost as obnoxious first thing in the morning is the smell of a room/train/bus full of people who appear to have doused themselves in cheap perfume and aftershave.

When I first met dh (been together 16 years now) he genuinely thought it was fine to wear the same t shirt etc for about 4 days (😳) as this was how he’d been raised. I was absolutely horrified and basically said unless he upped his washing game things weren’t going to work between us. Dirty clothes make someone smell even if they themselves shower well.

I agree, but perhaps with the heat some people sweat and smell by morning. So safest option would be to shower first thing in the morning and rinse and night during a heatwave.

so true. Some people can’t help it. This sounds very similar to what my sister suffered all her life. She left uni and couldn’t get married bcos of this. She’s 43 now it’s much better than when she was in her 20 bcos she discovered mojo san soap works for her. When she scrubs with it it goes away. She wish she knew about this soap when she was in uni she would have finished uni and got married. My heart is broken for her. My mother doesn’t understand this and thinks she’s lazy wouldn’t go uni and wouldn’t get married but it’s hard when you have this problem having a husband will literally mess her mental health I know her so well. Breaks my heart.

Sorry I meant koji san*

I don’t believe you’re referring to body odor but clothe odor. It’s when you wash your clothes but aren’t able to dry them quick enough. They take on that horrible sour smell that regular washing alone can’t remove. It usual needs a quick soak in a mild vinegar solution plus add bicarbonate of soda to the wash.

I know your comment was from several days ago but has your friend tried dettol soap on her armpits? I use this only on sweat hotspots in the shower because like your friend I get a different kind oh sweat around that time if the month. It’s about the only thing that works for the smell.

I’ve also heard rubbing half a lemon there helps too. It’s because of the antibacterial properties of both the dettol soap and the lemon.

And I’ll bet you’re the smelly one!

It’s generally a lack of washing clothes that’s the problem as stake sweat smells disgusting. Fresh sweat doesn’t smell.

🙄 there’s always one…

Some people are just smelly don’t shower same clothes for several days. It’s disgusting & no reason for it soap & water & a deodorant are not that expensive. A smelly guy leaned over me to get something in the supermarket he stank & after he went my daughter said I hope nobody thinks it’s us as the smell was so bad.

Agree I got on a bus one morning across the road from our house. We weren’t going through a heatwave at the time but had a bit of sun warm enough for jeans T-shirt and a light jacket. Sat on the backseat with DD this woman sat on the other side of us absolutely reeking of BO. She lifted an armpit sniffed it then said oh sorry. Think she should have done that before she left home and actually washed.

We live on the outskirts of town so most people getting the bus live in the area. The only people I know who get the bus to our part of town are carers, if they have been to visit someone. Or if they work in the local shop or 1 of the takeaways. Which at At 8am is unlikely minging.🤢🤮

Leave some deodorant in her desk drawer. That's what we did! I felt a bit of a coward but how else do you tell someone they stink?

these people could be spoken to by HR and told some home truths -
so unfair on the rest of us who do shower and use deodorant
Its so antisocial

Agree I’ve noticed a real uptick in this. I often notice it from some workers in shops like supermarkets and appreciate if they’re starting at (or before) 7 they might not feel minded to shower in the morning, but doesn’t completely explain it. I think the lack of clothes washing is a big factor too.

Fresh sweat does smell when exposed to the air

I'm not sure anyone believes it's acceptable but I can tell you that, as a lone parent of a disabled child with complex care needs, showering is just one of the many things beyond my reach during the holidays, when the only respite I get is 6 hours per week, IF his father can be arsed to see him. If I want to eat, go to the toilet, shower, do anything for myself, use a laptop (without it getting smashed), do any life admin (including the mountain of SEND admin that comes with the territory), meal prep, cook, do housework etc, I have to do it in those 6 hours or when he finally stops fighting and gives in to sleep (if I don't pass out from exhaustion myself). Bear in mind I have to do the grocery shopping and renovate our house in those six hours as well. Sometimes I'll get creative and take him swimming, so I can get a shower there.

I count my lucky stars than I'm not a particularly sweaty person, because during the hols, I'm limping along on dry shampoo, wet wipes and whores baths.